Category Archives: Daily Reports

2012 AKA Grand Nationals – Day 6

[box type=”alert” style=”rounded” border=”full”]EDITOR’S NOTE #3: Okay, no such luck – I still missed one [...]

2012 AKA Grand Nationals – Day 5

[box type=”alert” style=”rounded” border=”full”]EDITOR’S NOTE #2: One more apology due – Amy Doran was also [...]

2012 AKA Grand Nationals – Day 4

[box type=”alert” style=”rounded” border=”full”]EDITOR’S NOTE: All apologies… In my last report with results from the [...]

2012 AKA Grand Nationals – Day 3

With the late night, we pushed our alarms forward another 30 minutes and after a [...]

2012 AKA Grand Nationals – Day 2

Off and running again, my morning started with a quick French press coffee in our [...]

2012 AKA Grand Nationals – Day 1

Traditionally our daily updates are focused mostly on reporting, but I’m finding myself on the [...]

Issue 80: AKA Grand Nationals

The convention returns to Wildwood! Traditionally, we’ve done daily updates from the American Kitefliers Association [...]

2010 AKA Convention: Day 6

Last day of AKAGN, I started off my morning with a visit to Ben Dantonio’s [...]

2010 AKA Convention: Day 5

Our morning workshops consisted of “Traveling to Kite Festivals Outside the USA” by Cliff Quinn [...]

2010 AKA Convention: Day 4

Thursday morning started off with pretty good weather and early winds off the land, so [...]

2010 AKA Convention: Day 3

Another absolutely amazing day in Seaside with sun and warm weather all day, and while [...]

2010 AKA Convention: Day 2

My morning started off with a quick jaunt over to the Convention Center for a [...]

2010 AKA Convention: Day 1

First day of AKAGN in Seaside, OR… Brings back nostalgic feelings, as this was where [...]

2009 AKA Convention: Day 6

Holy smokes was it cold this morning! While there were rumors of impending snow, the [...]

2009 AKA Convention: Day 5

We appeared to have a larger number of particiants in our morning workshops today, likey [...]

2009 AKA Convention: Day 4

The schedule was pretty relaxed today with comprehensive kitemaking competition continuing both indoors and out, [...]

2009 AKA Convention: Day 3

The first wave of todays morning workshops were “Recruiting for Fun” by Gayle Woodul, “Judging [...]

2009 AKA Convention: Day 2

Tuesday morning saw quite a deluge of rain, still cold, putting a slight damper on [...]

2009 AKA Convention: Day 1

With fifteen conventions under my belt as of this one, I do like arriving at [...]

2008 AKA Convention: Day 5

Don’t ignore the small things — the kite flies because of its tail. Hawaiian Proverb [...]

2008 AKA Convention: Day 4

I said who am I to blow against the wind (Paul Simon) Below, in between [...]